I am grateful to you for this cordial reception.

The wisdom of our fathers devised that system of governmental division for the General Government which has found adoption or adaptation in all the States.

Strike out paragraphs 1 and 2 of section 6 of General Rule III and insert in lieu thereof the following:So far as practicable and useful, competitive examinations shall be established in the classified civil service to test fitness for…

Provided further, That on a line on which the service does not require the full time of a clerk, and one can be employed jointly with the railroad company, the appointment may be made without examination and certification, with the consent…

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of America, have caused the above-stated modifications of the tariff laws of Cuba and Puerto Rico to be made public for the information of the citizens…

In recognition of his many eminent and varied services and as an expression of the great respect and reverence which are felt for his memory it is ordered that the national flag be displayed at half-mast upon the public buildings of the…

Few men in this country have filled more important and and more distinguished public positions than Mr. Hamlin.

The President, with a profound feeling of sorrow, announces the death of Hannibal Hamlin.

Whereas it is also provided by said section that \the existence of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President of the United States by proclamation made from time to time as the purposes of this act may require;\

In order to facilitate such proper inquiries as Her Majesty's Government may desire to make with a view to the presentation of the case of that Government before arbitrators, and in expectation that an agreement for arbitration may be…

Her Majesty's Government will prohibit until May next seal killing in that part of Bering Sea lying eastward of the line of demarcation described in article No. 1 of the treaty of 1867 between the United States and Russia, and will…

The United States Government will prohibit seal killing for the same period in the same part of Bering Sea and on the shores and islands thereof the property of the United States (in excess of 7,500 to be taken on the islands for the…

Every vessel or person offending against this prohibition in the said waters of Bering Sea outside of the ordinary territorial limits of the United States may be seized and detained by the naval or other duly commissioned officers of…

We honor them in a joyous, thankful, triumphant commemoration of what they did.

I have rather felt that the flag should be at the peak, because those whose dying we commemorate rejoiced in seeing it where their valor placed it.

How vividly come to my memory many battle scenes; not the impetuous rush of conflict, but the cover of sadness that followed victory.

Let us not forget that as good citizens and good patriots it is our duty always to obey the law, and to give it our loyal support, and insist that everyone else shall do so.

I have neither the strength nor the voice adequate to any extended speech to-day.